4 - With sunny distractions out of the way, you can pick up the mighty pen (figuratively) and write a poem/story/essay/ about some existential dilemma you’re having … like, say, whether it really matters if consciousness is something like a substance attached to our brains or just the illusion of a self that arises out of multiple layers/interactions of neural activity inside the skull. less

4 - With sunny distractions out of the way, you can pick up the mighty pen (figuratively) and write a poem/story/essay/ about some existential dilemma you’re having … like, say, whether it really matters if ... more

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5 - You can make a video of the weird stuff your cat does.

5 - You can make a video of the weird stuff your cat does.

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6 - Enjoy the coffeehouse setting, piling in with the crowd … making eye contact ... feeling like an artist, entrepreneur, scientist or all three.
Photo: Jean Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir where they could be found most often. less

6 - Enjoy the coffeehouse setting, piling in with the crowd … making eye contact ... feeling like an artist, entrepreneur, scientist or all three.
Photo: Jean Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir where they ... more

7 - Go to a political meeting and get involved like you’ve been challenged to do by your Facebook friends who are tired of seeing your political posts.
Photo: Women's Rights Meeting in Tokyo seeking universal suffrage. less

7 - Go to a political meeting and get involved like you’ve been challenged to do by your Facebook friends who are tired of seeing your political posts.
Photo: Women's Rights Meeting in Tokyo seeking ... more

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8 - You can sit in the gloom of a rain-spattered window and grow radical thoughts inside your head … giving yourself a mild electrical shock each time a gun figures into them.
Image: William Blake's Newton (1795) less

8 - You can sit in the gloom of a rain-spattered window and grow radical thoughts inside your head … giving yourself a mild electrical shock each time a gun figures into them.
Image: William Blake's Newton ... more

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